The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-16
FIG URES AND FACTS.

IN iorce. In that decade the number Of manuiact
uung establishments IN the country Increased 20
per cent, adding 1900. The number Of hands
employed increased Si0n. or - per cent Manu-.
featured product increased Ss670o,0O1 or - per
cent For nine years Of the decade frum iss) 10
1870 tho protective tariff Of 1851 WAS IN for Ia
those ycar the number oi manufactures increased
lllIlh 10 per cont The runbcr Of hands increased
l,Oli0o, On per cent lAv materials consumed In
creafci tl,E',gO10o. w. per cont The product
Increased sl5id, iO00oo. Qi per cent Wagos In.
CHASED sxIpooa.asn. 100 pee cont In the face %
these facts, ttkcn froni the couNH returns, we are
told that iroc trade Inevitably incIeaaN a coUuirys
manufacturing Industries, aud that protection
stranslcr them. --.Chsifdns,Ji Tirs
We have carefully read these figures, rs
The nine, invited, although we had read
them or some others 10 tho same effect
before. They have been presented 20
tho readers OF Tie TB'ca to convince
them that high tariff, whiclr is only
another name for high tax, is n
blessing Wen, we have mover yet heard
or read Of any Americans at any period in
the history Of the country who believed
that tax, high or low, was a blessing.
Ear from IT, The revolutionary war owod
It's origin 10 tho determination OF the poo.
pie 10 refuse to pay tariff levied on inn.
ports for tho benefit Of the Mother Coun-
try. The Colonisis declined TO pay this
tariff, and history tells us they threw y
cargo OF tea into Boston bay, as a Gighii-
cant protest, Of which the governing
power was not slow 10 avail itself,
and ~ initiated tn, most glorious era
In the history Of the human race since tho
birth Of Christ ushercd in the blessing OF
peace on earth; good viii to men" But
this aside, the fguns OF manufacturing
progress and growth thus adduccd by The
Times arc no, due TO the iauh, hut TO tho
rapid growth Of tho country In population.
The tariff Of ITSELF high ~ II is, would not
create a demand for or sustain manuiac.
tories. II is the people calling for clothes,
for furniture, for house linen. for stoves,
for houses, that create a demand for manu-.
featured articles. They make towns and
cities, and the existence Of those necyssi.
tate railroads and steamboats, In the
rivera, and Telegraph and telephone
lines for instant OF rcady communication.
II is tho demand Of the people,
aud not tho tarih, that has made manu-.
features possible, and In the few years in.
Dictated by The Tine. from 1850 To 1870,
has helped To make aud save AZ result Of
their earnings tho fabulous wealth hcnc
indicated and all IN spite Of tho fierce po-
litical agitations that have prevailed during
nearly The whole Of that period, the civil
war AMI iis robbciea and losses. Lc, IA
sec what the growth Of population has
been since 1850. Then tho total Of al thg
States aud TonitorioS. o. all colors, and
native aud foreign, was %. lni. $780, In 1914
1t had grown TO be ~ ,iiS.33i, q difIornc,
Of o,2ji, AS, which represented. rating
each person as worth 81 900, the enotmou,
aggregate oiover -. 80. 600, Oooof addition.
al productive capital In the coun
uy's store In ten ycarA IL
1870 tho population had increased
to -, 5jS. 81, again OF T,lij.ojO. rcprcscnt
ing to,sl increase oi the country's pro
duc,ivc capital Of over 5000. 10000 II
1850 tho population had increased 10 80,
lj3.7S1, showing . gain Of II ,bo5. Az slne,
1870, rcprCsoniing gain IN the proluctiv,
capital OF the country 81 over sll 500, 900,
600. 1hcsc are enormous totals that com
plclely swamp the figures Of 7Hc Chdra
nos9l Tuno, but immense ~ they are the
ao true Had Il not been fOr this In
cRaso in population irom 1850 10 iSS0,
total grin in that time IL ~, a6l ,9O7 AMI O
go, 90, OO0OO Of produciiyc capital, ia,
tariff OF 1861 would have been Of NJ
avail and tho protective tariff Of 1856
would have bccn M Head letter. Act
Of Conrrss do not open mines or bu,
bread or mnkcclothcs. Il Is the hard work
ing aud skilled workmcn that do lhos
things that hr, create a necessity io
manufactured goods, and, thus brcallin
the breath Of liic Into iaciorics. aitcrwarj
sustain and support them. The 7,no' vi
have To lry another tack. II canno, pacl
homo hY Euch o wind ol dnclrinn.